TENGEN FINALISTS
Terms 1 to 5 were straight knockout finals. Since then the winner of the knockout has challenged the holder. There were two events in 1977.
| Year |
Term |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
| 1976 |
1 |
Fujisawa Hideyuki 9d |
3-1 |
Ohira Shuzo 9d |
| 1977 |
2 |
Kobayashi Koichi 7d |
3-1 |
Sugiuchi Masao 9d |
| 1977 |
3 |
Shimamura Toshihiro 9d |
3-1 |
Sonoda Yuichi 8d |
| 1978 |
4 |
Kato Masao 9d |
3-1 |
Fujisawa Hideyuki 9d |
| 1979 |
5 |
Kato Masao 9d |
3-0 |
Kataoka Satoshi 5d |
| 1980 |
6 |
Kato Masao 9d |
3-0 |
Yamabe Toshiro 9d |
| 1981 |
7 |
Kato Masao 9d |
3-2 |
Kobayashi Koichi 9d |
| 1982 |
8 |
Kataoka Satoshi 7d |
3-2 |
Kato Masao 9d |
| 1983 |
9 |
Kataoka Satoshi 7d |
3-1 |
Awaji Shuzo 8d |
| 1984 |
10 |
Ishida Yoshio 9d |
3-1 |
Kataoka Satoshi 7d |
| 1985 |
11 |
Kobayashi Koichi |
3-0 |
Ishida Yoshio 9d |
| 1986 |
12 |
Kobayashi Koichi 9d |
3-1 |
Sonoda Yuichi 9d |
| 1987 |
13 |
Cho Chikun 9d |
3-2 |
Kobayashi Koichi 9d |
| 1988 |
14 |
Cho Chikun 9d |
3-2 |
Sonoda Yuichi 9d |
| 1989 |
15 |
Rin Kaiho 9d |
3-2 |
Cho Chikun 9d |
| 1990 |
16 |
Rin Kaiho 9d |
3-1 |
Kobayashi Koichi 9d |
| 1991 |
17 |
Rin Kaiho 9d |
3-1 |
Kato Masao 9d |
| 1992 |
18 |
Rin Kaiho 9d |
3-1 |
Yamashiro Hiroshi 9d |
| 1993 |
19 |
Rin Kaiho 9d |
3-1 |
Kataoka Satoshi 9d |
| 1994 |
20 |
Ryu Shikun 6d |
3-1 |
Rin Kaiho 9d |
| 1995 |
21 |
Ryu Shikun 6d |
3-2 |
Kobayashi Koichi 9d |
| 1996 |
22 |
Ryu Shikun 7d |
3-2 |
Rin Kaiho 9d |
| 1997 |
23 |
Kudo Norio 9d |
3-1 |
Ryu Shikun 7d |
| 1998 |
24 |
Kobayashi Koichi 9d |
3-2 |
Kudo Norio 9d |
| 1999 |
25 |
Kobayashi Koichi 9d |
3-0 |
Kudo Norio 9d |
| 2000 |
26 |
Ryu Shikun 7d |
3-0 |
Kobayashi Koichi 9d |
NIHON KI-IN CHAMPIONSHIP FINALISTS
Term 1 was a straight final. Terms 2 to 8 were a
best-of-three final.
| Year |
Term |
Winner |
Score |
Loser |
| 1954 |
1 |
Takagawa Kaku 7d |
1-0 |
Shinohara Masami 7d |
| 1955 |
2 |
Sakata Eio 9d |
2-0 |
Takagawa Kaku 8d |
| 1956 |
3 |
Sakata Eio 9d |
2-1 |
Sugiuchi Masao 8d |
| 1957 |
4 |
Sakata Eio 9d |
2-1 |
Sugiuchi Masao 8d |
| 1958 |
5 |
Sakata Eio 9d |
2-0 |
Kitani Minoru 9d |
| 1959 |
6 |
Sakata Eio 9d |
2-0 |
Takagawa Kaku 8d |
| 1960 |
7 |
Sakata Eio 9d |
2-0 |
Takagawa Kaku 8d |
| 1961 |
8 |
Sakata Eio 9d |
2-1 |
Fujisawa Hideyuki 8d |
| 1962 |
9 |
Takagawa Kaku 9d |
3-0 |
Sakata Eio 9d |
| 1963 |
10 |
Takagawa Kaku 9d |
3-1 |
Yamabe Toshiro 8d |
| 1964 |
11 |
Sakata Eio 9d |
3-0 |
Takagawa Kaku 9d |
| 1965 |
12 |
Sakata Eio 9d |
3-1 |
Miyashita Shuyo 9d |
| 1966 |
13 |
Ohira Shuzo 9d |
3-1 |
Sakata Eio 9d |
| 1967 |
14 |
Ohira Shuzo 9d |
3-2 |
Rin Kaiho 8d |
| 1968 |
15 |
Ohira Shuzo 9d |
3-0 |
Yamabe Toshiro 9d |
| 1969 |
16 |
Ohira Shuzo 9d |
3-0 |
Miyashita Shuyo 9d |
| 1970 |
17 |
Ishida Yoshio 6d |
3-1 |
Ohira Shuzo 9d |
| 1971 |
18 |
Ishida Yoshio 7d |
3-0 |
Takemiya Masaki 6d |
| 1972 |
19 |
Ohira Shuzo 9d |
3-1 |
Ishida Yoshio 7d |
| 1973 |
20 |
Sakata Eio 9d |
3-1 |
Ohira Shuzo 9d |
| 1974 |
21 |
Sakata Eio 9d |
3-2 |
Kato Masao 8d |
| 1975 |
22 |
Sakata Eio 9d |
3-2 |
Cho Chikun 6d |
Full details of the Kansai Ki-in Championship are lacking.
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